SparkFun Electronics Commentsurn:uuid:214d0e4e-f1b1-d287-ce26-ac5b4c9f82492016-12-09T20:17:34-07:00SparkFun Electronicsbdcannon on SEN-11610 - LinkSprite JPEG Color Camera TTL Interface - Infraredbdcannonurn:uuid:40959be8-5206-f3bc-481a-e490699696fd2016-03-14T12:23:01-06:00<p>Hi everyone I wrote a quick class for this camera in Python. You can use pretty much any usb to ttl device for this as long as it supports the baud.</p>
<p>https://github.com/bdcannon/LinkSprite</p>Customer #720274 on SEN-11610 - LinkSprite JPEG Color Camera TTL Interface - InfraredCustomer #720274urn:uuid:8739fec1-6ea1-56ab-c6f5-c64886a383692015-09-18T10:58:04-06:00<p>So can anyone tell me how to test the camera in any other way that requires a direct connection via a serial-usb cable? I need to know if this camera is working or not and because the evaluation software is only available for Windows, Im unable to use it.</p>Customer #720274 on SEN-11610 - LinkSprite JPEG Color Camera TTL Interface - InfraredCustomer #720274urn:uuid:74462cae-8657-1648-1239-ed9d21d070802015-09-17T15:35:27-06:00<p>I have this camera and I must say its been really difficult to getting anything working since I got it 1 month ago. Ive been posting like crazy with sketches from linksprite as well as from sparkfun and roboticControls etc. Linksprite doesnt really handle support well in their forums. I still have not been able to even determine if the camera is working properly or not.</p>HumbertoGarza on SEN-11610 - LinkSprite JPEG Color Camera TTL Interface - InfraredHumbertoGarzaurn:uuid:184ad66c-84bc-604f-a794-0962f242acf42015-05-29T16:45:07-06:00<blockquote><p>ktsquare2002@yahoo.com</p></blockquote>
<p>Hello,
take a look at the library I wrote; it is designed to work with the Intel Edison Board in Linux, but you can take a look at the functions to get an Idea how to communicate!
Regards c:
https://github.com/humberto-garza/LinkspriteEdisonIRCamera</p>HumbertoGarza on SEN-11610 - LinkSprite JPEG Color Camera TTL Interface - InfraredHumbertoGarzaurn:uuid:877795b3-6201-5713-e61e-a10e095560a62015-05-26T16:58:38-06:00<p>Hello everyone; if you have an Edison and have no idea how to get this to work, I am writing a library to get to use this camera. Here is <a href="https://github.com/humberto-garza/LinkspriteEdisonIRCamera" rel="nofollow" >My Github</a></p>
<p><a href="https://communities.intel.com/docs/DOC-24945" rel="nofollow" >Edison Tutorial - LinkSprite JPEG Color Camera TTL Interface</a></p>
<p>For now is only in C, but I will write the Arduino Library as well and maybe Python if you need so.</p>
<p>Regards</p>HumbertoGarza on SEN-11610 - LinkSprite JPEG Color Camera TTL Interface - InfraredHumbertoGarzaurn:uuid:b6473497-8971-147a-f440-62faaed9a6962015-05-13T16:31:59-06:00<p>-</p>Piper4123w on SEN-11610 - LinkSprite JPEG Color Camera TTL Interface - InfraredPiper4123wurn:uuid:b5b3c5ce-2b25-b5ad-baee-95830f9e9def2015-04-19T16:55:13-06:00<p>How fast can i get this camera to take photos? im looking to attach it to a model rocket and get shots on the flight. an image per second would be fantastic.</p>Customer #656557 on SEN-11610 - LinkSprite JPEG Color Camera TTL Interface - InfraredCustomer #656557urn:uuid:fb015326-e165-dded-262f-808229b1d9ed2015-03-09T13:28:30-06:00<p>Got it.
http://robotic-controls.com/learn/arduino/linksprite-jpeg-camera</p>Customer #656557 on SEN-11610 - LinkSprite JPEG Color Camera TTL Interface - InfraredCustomer #656557urn:uuid:9cfe77fe-a31c-035e-04fa-92e0faa935ac2015-03-09T13:28:14-06:00<p>Helpful website here!
http://robotic-controls.com/learn/arduino/linksprite-jpeg-camera</p>Customer #656557 on SEN-11610 - LinkSprite JPEG Color Camera TTL Interface - InfraredCustomer #656557urn:uuid:02951b43-94d8-4d57-641c-ca81d9a9095c2015-03-03T10:33:49-07:00<p>Same problem as all of you. I <em>did</em> manage to mess with the baud rates to get the returned values as actual numbers instead of those random ASCII characters, but the return was &ldquo;2550&rdquo; then it just repeated 0&rsquo;s over and over again. It&rsquo;s not a defective camera; I have two of them and I tried on both. After some fiddling with the code, I discovered that the availability check on the camera was always returning 0. I started out where all of you did, so it&rsquo;s likely the same problem, but anyone who has a solution, please post it!</p>Customer #656557 on SEN-11610 - LinkSprite JPEG Color Camera TTL Interface - InfraredCustomer #656557urn:uuid:fc171731-2424-d980-a659-fc6af2042daa2015-03-03T10:09:34-07:00<p>I have connected the camera to the Arduino UNO board. (The code provided is out of date by the way). After fixing the code, the operation still wasn&rsquo;t working properly. After some testing, it was discovered that the camera never registered as &ldquo;available&rdquo; in the code. Can someone help me figure out why?</p>
<p>The wires were connected directly to the board (RX/TX, 5V, GND), and I have tried two of these cameras, so it&rsquo;s not likely to be an issue with the camera itself. Is there some extra wiring required via protoboard, or anything else I&rsquo;m missing?</p>Customer #641020 on SEN-11610 - LinkSprite JPEG Color Camera TTL Interface - InfraredCustomer #641020urn:uuid:3142be4c-0b33-bde8-66e6-464069986b8b2015-01-20T22:15:52-07:00<p>Yes
Entering Power Saving Command (HEX)
56 00 3E 03 00 01 01
Return (HEX)
76 00 3E 00 00
Exiting Power Saving Command (HEX)
56 00 3E 03 00 01 00
Return (HEX)
76 0 3E 00 00</p>Customer #489930 on SEN-11610 - LinkSprite JPEG Color Camera TTL Interface - InfraredCustomer #489930urn:uuid:28417848-c615-1e4a-111c-5334387fca9d2014-11-04T11:53:44-07:00<p>Will this camera work with close up objects. For example an object that is 1in from the camera?</p>Clorofilla on SEN-11610 - LinkSprite JPEG Color Camera TTL Interface - InfraredClorofillaurn:uuid:35b450d0-7b20-db30-4c5e-099671280d2f2014-10-05T11:45:58-06:00<p>Does this camera support motion detection? i mean, can detect if something has moved in the frame?</p>Customer #585778 on SEN-11610 - LinkSprite JPEG Color Camera TTL Interface - InfraredCustomer #585778urn:uuid:032988ea-2f72-0256-660e-0119f9067ca82014-08-15T17:40:02-06:00<p>It outputs PAL format video as default setting, but it can also output NTSC video by changing one resistor on board.</p>agreer on SEN-11610 - LinkSprite JPEG Color Camera TTL Interface - Infraredagreerurn:uuid:25c57a6a-27ea-c6c6-8e49-8745507c17392014-03-26T13:07:38-06:00<p>Can anyone comment on the kind of capture rate this camera is capable of at the default baud rate? (i.e. How fast can it take multiple photos, one after the other, ala pseudo video? Is it limited more by the baud rate, or the acquisition rate of the imaging system?)</p>
<p>Also, what kind of file sizes are achieved at the VGA setting?</p>GG on SEN-11610 - LinkSprite JPEG Color Camera TTL Interface - InfraredGGurn:uuid:3c4ad993-45bb-4728-99a1-bc911a0b3eea2014-01-31T15:39:57-07:00<p>I am confused about the serial interface level. The SparkFun title indicates TTL,
the manual states RS232 and to remove the interface chip for ttl use. The entire
interface options paragraph is porly worded. IMO, the entire manual is quite lacking.</p>Customer #486470 on SEN-11610 - LinkSprite JPEG Color Camera TTL Interface - InfraredCustomer #486470urn:uuid:15ea4269-73d4-3f9b-414f-8a5af38eb2c02013-11-08T02:27:27-07:00<p>Hello, I am looking for an analogue application. I am curious as to what it means when it says that the pin ear c03 is av output pin, which is an anlog output pin. Does that mean that I could put an rca compatible conector on that and get constant video output? Or am I just confused.</p>Customer #403106 on SEN-11610 - LinkSprite JPEG Color Camera TTL Interface - InfraredCustomer #403106urn:uuid:9746f339-3510-f339-71fc-b2c742c8f3122013-08-02T07:35:16-06:00<p>can somebody assist me with the code when using this camera with PIC microcontroller from microchips.
ktsquare2002@yahoo.com</p>gideon on SEN-11610 - LinkSprite JPEG Color Camera TTL Interface - Infraredgideonurn:uuid:deb5394b-9c46-b60e-f321-62db36c8deb12013-07-02T11:12:54-06:00<p>Will this work with an Arduino Uno r3 or the latest Arduino Mega? Did @GraziCNU find a solution to his problem? Perhaps someone has got it to work with <a href="https://code.google.com/p/linksprite-serial-cam-arduino/" rel="nofollow" >this library</a> ?</p>Mecha-King Ghidorah on SEN-11610 - LinkSprite JPEG Color Camera TTL Interface - InfraredMecha-King Ghidorahurn:uuid:b4f9ead7-542f-8a2e-928a-4db4095c54212013-06-21T12:55:22-06:00<p>The cable harness that currently (6/21/13) ships with this camera: Tx-Brown, Rx-Red, Gnd-Purple, Vcc-Grey</p>colemanjax on SEN-11610 - LinkSprite JPEG Color Camera TTL Interface - Infraredcolemanjaxurn:uuid:75b3ef8b-0a7c-7f66-a5ed-5c8f3f26d6812013-05-18T17:42:23-06:00<p>Yep, same problem here&hellip; any solutions yet?</p>Customer #429006 on SEN-11610 - LinkSprite JPEG Color Camera TTL Interface - InfraredCustomer #429006urn:uuid:4cae0d24-e045-ff69-fa5a-483b813b30e42013-04-28T23:38:22-06:00<p>I am having the same problem as GraziCNU and Member #380884 &hellip;. Did either of you ever figure out how to fix this and or solve this problem?</p>Customer #380884 on SEN-11610 - LinkSprite JPEG Color Camera TTL Interface - InfraredCustomer #380884urn:uuid:06cf0e3e-f965-cfd8-32ac-0b3b3d126ff42013-04-14T01:14:21-06:00<p>Hi GraziCNU,</p>
<p>I also have the same problem as you, I´ve tried to modify the code in order to make it work but it seems impossible, have you get to a solution?</p>Toni_K on SEN-11610 - LinkSprite JPEG Color Camera TTL Interface - InfraredToni_Kurn:uuid:5870dd24-b627-541e-4113-89d9d44898262013-04-02T08:34:53-06:00<p>Check out our <a href="https://www.sparkfun.com/static/technical_assistance" rel="nofollow" >Technical Assistance</a> page and contact techsupport@sparkfun.com. They should be able to help you out with this.</p>Customer #424462 on SEN-11610 - LinkSprite JPEG Color Camera TTL Interface - InfraredCustomer #424462urn:uuid:fac12dd3-6ea7-7e6d-571b-b66b5e00dfa52013-04-01T04:54:07-06:00<p>I m having a problem with changing the baud rate of this camera to 9600. I have tried to change the baud rate to 9600, it changes to 9600 but after reset it again change to its default baud rate 38400. It it not storing the set baud rate. Please help me to set the baud rate to 9600.</p>Customer #412561 on SEN-11610 - LinkSprite JPEG Color Camera TTL Interface - InfraredCustomer #412561urn:uuid:7f107f1c-b2c3-6489-5606-fd47b9f5fe382013-02-24T18:43:52-07:00<p>Does this camera has a power saving mode?</p>Customer #412561 on SEN-11610 - LinkSprite JPEG Color Camera TTL Interface - InfraredCustomer #412561urn:uuid:59924f2a-3a58-9764-5e40-1d440f2e0ff22013-02-24T16:45:04-07:00<p>How long does it take for the camera to start up?</p>GraziCNU on SEN-11610 - LinkSprite JPEG Color Camera TTL Interface - InfraredGraziCNUurn:uuid:bb2cd1b1-edbf-84fb-34a9-2d1f2eecdec32013-02-17T21:11:51-07:00<p>I have still yet to get the camera working with the Arduino code. I have made all the necessary syntax changes from NewSoftSerial library to the updated SoftwareSerial library for the Arduino 1.0 programming environment and all I can seem to get is a string of a single repeating character (or a string of about two or three repeating ASCII characters depending on the baud rate settings)in the serial monitor. I can&rsquo;t seem to find anyone else who has encountered this problem, but since this is my first time working with arduinos and this camera I am assuming I am making some kind of basic mistake as opposed to the thought that I purchased a defective camera. Can anyone offer any solutions or trouble shooting techniques that may work? Thanks.</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-11610 - LinkSprite JPEG Color Camera TTL Interface - InfraredMikeGrusinurn:uuid:b3e775dd-2aae-9802-e022-1af45e7c04172013-02-07T15:56:51-07:00<ol>
<li>This appears to be true.</li>
<li>They&rsquo;re both infrared cameras, but they have completely different interfaces. The CMOS camera is a video camera which hooks up easily to televisions or video monitors, video recorders, etc. This is a still camera designed to be interfaced to a computer or microcontroller via serial port, and produces still JPEG images.</li>
</ol>
RalfieRoo on SEN-11610 - LinkSprite JPEG Color Camera TTL Interface - InfraredRalfieRoourn:uuid:d3fa7910-2a25-a4b2-df79-00fd69d00a6f2013-02-07T12:57:58-07:00<p>Does anyone know the measurements of the three holes to be used for mounting this camera? The &ldquo;standard&rdquo; standoffs seem too large for the tight spacing of the components to these holes. In other words: What is the proper nylon spacer to order so that you can mount this board?</p>TimZaman on SEN-11610 - LinkSprite JPEG Color Camera TTL Interface - InfraredTimZamanurn:uuid:64af6d14-485f-f3b7-376b-c367fd08ddcd2012-12-09T05:37:43-07:00<p>->Near-infrared. This is actually the same LinkSpire JPEG camera only they stripped off the IR-block filter that was in front of the sensor. The awesome thing is that also during daytime that means that it receives more light as the added intensity of near-ir light is quite substantial.</p>Earlz on SEN-11610 - LinkSprite JPEG Color Camera TTL Interface - InfraredEarlzurn:uuid:fbcc440d-e709-b0d0-e523-30b56ff38d2f2012-12-07T15:15:22-07:00<p>Is this the exact same camera as the other linksprite( https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10061 ) just with infrared LEDs added? Also, how does it compare to your CMOS IR camera( https://www.sparkfun.com/products/8773 )</p>Rodware on SEN-11610 - LinkSprite JPEG Color Camera TTL Interface - InfraredRodwareurn:uuid:1e0aa7fa-c98b-d84e-c66c-37335a6b1eed2012-12-07T08:39:12-07:00<p>i wonder if we can get this to interface with the dragon board?</p>Finnishguy on SEN-11610 - LinkSprite JPEG Color Camera TTL Interface - InfraredFinnishguyurn:uuid:8df800d4-4e33-3fd5-0fbc-bbc6eab3c2d22012-12-07T00:43:08-07:00<p>Combine Raspberry Pi and this (previous version) and you get this: http://kuvau.tuu.fi/</p>